Bottle capper



G. D. MUNSING.

BOTTLE CAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED. JAN. 12, 1921.

1 ,408,127 Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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I Application file'd January 12,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, Gross]: D. f r a citiaen of the United States, residin at: New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented. certain new'and useful Improvements in Bottle Cappers, of which the following is a full, clean-and exact specifieation.

This invention relates to bottle capping devices, and has for its object to provide a simple form of hand operated appliance for this purpose which may be easily operated and will perform its work with certainty and precision. n

One aim of the invention is to provide a bottle capper which may be supported on the-wall at any convenient place and pro-- vided with means for supporting the bottle while the cap is being placed thereon. Another obj ect'is to provide mea 'is l for adjusting the cappingdevice with rospect'to the neck holding device so ss'to accommodate bottles with different types of necks." ()ther objects will appear aslthe do} scri'ption proceeds. l "1 The invention will be: first hereinafter described connection. with the accompa ying drawings, which constitutepart ot this specification, and then more specificallyd fined in the claims at the endofthe descrip{ tion.: I f- InQthe accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views v Figure 1 is aside elevation of a bottle capping device constructed substantially in accordance with this invention, the same being attached to the wall.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the capping device as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device taken from front to back through the center thereof, showing the neck of a bottle supported in position, and the depressed cap-fixing position of the plunger in dotted lines, and

Figure 4: is a horizontal section of the device taken just above the bottle neck gripping jaws.

Figures 8 and 4 are drawn to a somewhat larger scale than Figures 1 and 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 are brackets adapted to be secured to the wall 4 by screws 3. Said brackets are adjusta'bly connected one above Specification of Letters Patent.

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the other by bolts extending upward from the lower bracket 1 and secured to thel 6 of the upper bracket 2 by nuts 7 whereby one bracket may be adjusted vertically with respect to the other to accommodate bottle with different styles oi necksand which wil therefore project different distances above the gripping jaws hereinatter described 'The bracket 1 has an opening 8 in its horizontal portion through which the mouth of a bottle 30 may be insertechas indicated in igure 3, and above said open ng a pair oi oppositely er endingjaws 9'; i hinged, to

thebracket .iffat it), a aws having'semi-circular notches 12 in ends topriplnwl the month of the bottle, asat 3 Figure 3, for supporting said bottle while itisbeing c'ap i "l, and the jaws being hinged to the lugs 11 onthc bracketl as shown Figure 4:; The j vs 9 have notches through which the bolt 3i extend, as also shown in Figure so i such size'as to permit; =l upwardiar enough to I to be inserted and remo The upper bracket standing lugs ver 20 is pivoted by means to be swung the bottleneck when desired.

2 has a pair of up of the cross pin 21." Also pivoted'to said hand lever near to but eccentrically Drum pivot pin 21 a pair of depending links l7 are attached by a cross'pin l9, thelo'wer ends of said links be ingpivotally attached to a lug 16 on plunger 14 having lateral wings '29 slid ingly mounted on the bolts 5, as best shown in Figure 2 i when the'hand lever is moved to vertical position, as shown in solid lines in Figure 8,

the plunger will be raised or moved upward away from the bottle neck gripping jaws,

while movement of the hand lever downwardly and forwardly to horizontal position, as shown in Figure 1, will cause the plunger to move down towards the said jaws.

Acavity 15, Figure 3, is formed in the under face of the plunger let to fit over a bottle cap, one of which is indicated at 33 in the same figure, the vertical peripheral walls of said cavity serving to force the rim of the cap into engagement with the bead 32 of the mouth of the bottle neck 30 when said plunger is fully depressed. In order to insure the proper seating of the cap well down upon the mouth of the bottle before the rim of said cap is contracted around the bead 32,

pivoted or their tree notches being of 22 between which a hand le-l Theconstruction such that 2 an auxiliary plunger 27 is mounted in the cavity of the plunger 14, being movable with a vertical stem 24: whichextends up through the plunger 14 and lug 16 thereon, as best illustrated in Figure 3. A notch 28 is preferably formed in said stem 24'adapted to co-operate with the pivot pin 18, which connects the links 17 to said lug 16, for limiting the movement of said auxiliary plunger with respect to the main plunger 14. The upper end of the stem 24 is adapted to be engaged by a cam portion 23 on the pivbe observed that the bottle neck grip-ping notches 12 in the jaws 9 have beveled edges 13 to better grip the bottle neck below the mouth, as shown in Figure 3. In the operation of the device, after the bottle neck has been engaged with the jaws 9, the lever is moved on its pivot from vertical to horizontal position, thereby depressing the plunger 14 to crimp the flange of the cap 33 around the bead 32 at the mouth of the bottle. As said plunger 14 is depressedby means of the links 17 connecting the same to the lever 20 eccentricallyof the pivot 21 of said lever, the cam 23 of the lever engages the stem 24 and advances the auxiliary plunger 27 so as to hold the cap firmly in place over the mouth of the bottle during the final descent of the plunger 14 for crimping the flange of said cap;

I claimu- 1. In a bottle capper, the combination with a bracket having an opening therethrough,

of oppositely extending jaws for gripping a bottle neck to support the same, said jaws being hinged to swing upwardly and away from the bracket to release a bottle neck and to fold down flat upon said bracket to engage a bottle neck, another bracket arranged above the first one, rods extending from one bracket to the other and arranged between the hinges of the bottle gripping aws, itl'earthe rods, and a plunger mounted to slide on said rods for capping a bottle when supported by said jaws.

2. In a bottle capper, the combination with a plunger having a cavity to fi-t over a cap for crimping the same upon a bottle, of means for reciprocating said plunger including a lever and links connected to said lever and plunger, an auxiliary plunger arranged in the cavity of the first plunger and having a stem extending up through the same, and a cam on said lever for engaging said stem and moving the auxiliary plunger into engagement with the cap in advance of the main plunger and for holding said auxiliary plunger in contact with said cap for retaining the latter in place on the bottle, while the main plunger is advanced to crimp the cap on the bottle;

3. In a bottle capper, the combination with a plunger having a cavity to fit over a cap, of a lever connected to said plunger by links and a pivot pin extending throng the plunger, an auxiliary plunger arranged in the cavity of the firstplunger for the purpose specified, a; stem extending up through a passage in the first plunger for actuating the auxiliary plunger independently to a certain extent, said pivot pin extending into said passage, and means on said stem to engage said pin for limiting the independent movement of said auxiliary plunger.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE D. MUNSING.

there being notches in said jaws to 

